Vivo X300 vs Google Pixel 9 Pro XL
88
out of 100
VS
77
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.31-inch Vivo X300 (with MediaTek Dimensity 9500) that was released on October 13, 2025, against the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL, which is powered by Google Tensor G4 and came out 1 year and 2 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Vivo X300
- 2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3330K versus 1672K)
- Shows 30% longer battery life (28:23 vs 21:55 hours)
- Comes with 980 mAh larger battery capacity: 6040 vs 5060 mAh
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 37W)
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Delivers 14% higher peak brightness (2696 against 2375 nits)
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- The phone is 1 year and 2 months newer
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Has 33% more RAM: 16GB versus 12GB
- Has a 0.49 inch larger screen size
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.31 inches | 6.8 inches |
| Resolution | 1216 x 2640 pixels | 1344 x 2992 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 486 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 2000 nits | 3000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 4500 nits | 2000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 300 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Reinforced Glass | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.3% | 89.5% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | 99% |
| PWM | 360 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 2 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Pixel 9 Pro XL
6.8″ (20:9 ratio) = 17.3 in2
Vivo X300
6.31″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~14% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 150.57 mm (5.93 inches) | 162.8 mm (6.41 inches) |
| Width | 71.92 mm (2.83 inches) | 76.6 mm (3.02 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.95 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.5 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 190 g (6.7 oz) | 221 g (7.8 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Red, Pink, Purple | White, Black, Gray, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Good (3/5) | Good (3.34/5) |
| Drop resistance | Very good (B) · 180 drops | Excellent (A) · 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 9500 | Google Tensor G4 |
| Max clock | 4210 MHz | 3100 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2.7 GHz: C1-Pro - 3 cores at 3.5 GHz: C1-Premium - 1 core at 4.21 GHz: C1-Ultra |
- 4 cores at 1.92 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.1 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 990 | Yes |
| Graphics | Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 | Mali-G715 MC7 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 896 |
| GPU clock | 1716 MHz | 940 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~5271.5 GFLOPS | ~1684.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 25501 | 9185 |
| Single-core score | 3204 | 2001 |
| Multi-core score | 9874 | 4932 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 981387 | 622527 |
| GPU | 1256247 | 410009 |
| Memory | 364630 | 255927 |
| UX | 728537 | 384332 |
| Total score | 3330801 | 1672795 |
| Samples | [25 tests] | [6 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 57% | - |
| Graphics test | 23 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 3119 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 49 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 56 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 48 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 42 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 12817 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 14375 | - |
| Video editing | 5995 | - |
| Photo editing | 34571 | - |
| Data manipulation | 12159 | - |
| Writing score | 22695 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#62nd place)
Recent User Tests
Vivo X300
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-06 -> KuJIbKa | AnTuTu 12 | 3491535 |
| 📘 2026-09-30 -> Forgolka | AnTuTu 12 | 3407758 |
| 📘 2026-09-20 (Forgolka) | AnTuTu 12 | 3407758 |
| 📘 2026-09-19 (Niranjan M) | AnTuTu 12 | 3402395 |
| 📘 2026-09-16 (Asura) | CPU Throttle | 70% |
Google Pixel 9 Pro XL
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-27 (feraroof43) | AnTuTu 11 | 1626655 |
| 📘 2026-08-26 (Ark15) | Battery life | SOT 5:20 / 11:00 |
| 📘 2026-08-21 (Kazin) | AnTuTu 11 | 1723964 |
| 📘 2026-04-07 -> DeadlyKPSS | AnTuTu 11 | 1679233 |
| 📘 2026-03-29 (Actn) | AnTuTu 11 | 1585585 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5333 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) |
| ROM | OriginOS 6 | Stock Android |
| OS updates | 5 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | - | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6040 mAh | 5060 mAh |
| Max charge power | 90 W | 37 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (40 W) | Yes (12 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | Yes | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (67% in 30 min) | Yes (67% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:48 hr | 1:18 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1200 cycles | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 12:36 hr | 11:42 hr |
| Watching video | 20:41 hr | 10:46 hr |
| Gaming | 07:52 hr | 05:57 hr |
| Standby | 107 hr | 92 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#82nd place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 16320 x 12288 | 8160 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | Up to 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 119° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 48 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.68 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 25 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HPB | Samsung GN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) | 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.56 micron | 1.2 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.6 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 70 mm | 113 mm |
| Sensor | Sony LYT-602 | Samsung S5KGM5 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 12 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Samsung S5KGM5 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 75 |
| Preview | - | 86 |
| Zoom | - | 155 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Google Pixel 9 Pro XL from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 50 megapixels | 42 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 3648 x 2736 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 20 mm | 17 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Sony IMX858 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 6.0 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2025 | August 2024 |
| Release date | October 2025 | August 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $799 | $1099 |
| Successor | - | - Google Pixel 10 Pro XL |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.4 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
After analyzing all the data, we think that the Vivo X300 is definitely a better buy.
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